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Hiding layer effects to work faster in Photoshop!
A little known command in Photoshop this one, it’s not that it’s hidden away, it’s just that people seem to miss it! It’s great when you either have ALOT of layers with layer effects on or not a very fast computer… or a combination of both!
When you apply layer effects it takes quite alot of horsepower to display them, especially if it is a large document with many layer effects applied.
I’d suggest you hide them whilst you don’t need to see them – it really speeds up screen redraw and helps you work faster. Just Control or right click on any layer effect, go down near the bottom and you will see ‘Hide all effects’ – this is a global option that will hide all layer effects in the document, not just the layer you clicked on.
When you are ready to see your Photoshop file with all the layer effects turned on again, simply click in the same manner, and the option will now show as ‘Show all layer effects’.
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Written by Jonny Allbut - freelance graphic designer
Last modified: 31 January, 2007 (16:03) | First published: 31 January, 2007
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Comment by Clint
May 3, 2007 @ 11:35 am
This is smart to some extent but BEWARE!
If you have layer effects that you have turned off because you are still not sure if they should or should not be there – then they will also be turned on when you turn on all.
So this is only a smart thing if you never have any layer effects that shouldn’t be shown in the final design
Comment by Jonny
May 4, 2007 @ 2:00 pm
Yes, you are right – it will turn on all layer effects… fair point, the moral of this story is GET YOUR LAYER EFFECTS UDER CONTROL!!